The Official Powerlifting and Strongman Family Appreciation Thread: Part XVIII

[Hamzzza]

The non-powerlifting fitness people I know really only know 1 powerlifter, Chad Wesley Smith. And that is more because of the videos he's put up like 2000 lbs total in a minute and 500m row in 1:15. It seems like the general feats of strength, even if done in the gym, are what gets out to the general fitness population. Like a lot of people ask me about Klokov or tag me in his videos since he is always up to something crazy with ridiculous weights.

or Hall's deadlift pyramid

[breathinglife]

1. Logged in just to rep some great posts on this page.
2. On spread with everyone that I wanted to rep (Arn/WC/BL/308 etc).

[arn710]

http://thestrengthathlete.com/anthropometry

This is kind of cool especially if they get a lot of participants

Curious to see the results

[WCbouche]

2. On spread with everyone that I wanted to rep (Arn/WC/BL/308 etc).

Always on spreadz.

It seems like the general feats of strength, even if done in the gym, are what gets out to the general fitness population.

Speaking of feats of strenf, did smelly bell ever come out with anything else? I thought someone stated pages back that he was starting a weekly video on crazy feats of strength.

[Big Sexy J]

Animal=great sponsor.

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[NorthStrong]

Animal=great sponsor.

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how many t-shirts will you get for posting that? if it's under 5, they are not a great sponsor

also - smelly's "STrong Lifts" or whatever is a bi-weekly thing, i think it's a pretty cool idea

[308smk]

Animal=great sponsor.

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How much did they give you to say that? 2 cans of Animal Pak? 3?


^^^ wizard



Honestly love animal Pak, pretty sure it saved my liver during college. Definitely less hungover if I took it after drinking before passing out.

[NorthStrong]

How much did they give you to say that? 2 cans of Animal Pak? 3?

Honestly love animal Pak, pretty sure it saved my liver during college. Definitely less hungover if I took it after drinking before passing out.

strong joke wizard imo

[breathinglife]

Animal=great sponsor.

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How much do they pay you to squat to depth? Was that why Oak left?

[Mitch666]

Supplement company sponsorships are a joke anyway

Spend countless hours in the gym and thousands on gear and gym memberships so I can get a few free t-shirts and some protein powder

No idea how it goes in pl but in bodybuilding supp company sponsorships=paying for the real supps nomsayin?

Then I feel like a sponsorship is hitting the jackpot.

It cracks me up every time when I see gym-bro-fanboys comment on top powerlifters' videos saying "George Leeman can deadlift more than this guy!"

On dan greens 848 deadlift some kid commented "When do you think pete rubish is going to surpass you in strength?"


I was just like, u fukin wot m8?

[breathinglife]

On dan greens 848 deadlift some kid commented "When do you think pete rubish is going to surpass you in strength?"

Man, why am I posting so many gifs today?

[martin_mathers]

On dan greens 848 deadlift some kid commented "When do you think pete rubish is going to surpass you in strength?"


I was just like, u fukin wot m8?

I almost scratched my eyes out when I saw that.

A lot of gym bros know Dan Green because in the gym-bro-world he is known as the guy that is lean as fuk and also strong as fuk. When you're strong as fuk but a little fuscular your strength is non-functional and they would rather be aesthetic than having useless strength to impress other males. But when you're lean and strong all of a sudden your strength becomes functional again.

[darren.dugan]

How much did they give you to say that? 2 cans of Animal Pak? 3?


^^^ wizard



Honestly love animal Pak, pretty sure it saved my liver during college. Definitely less hungover if I took it after drinking before passing out.

Animal Flex ftmfw. My joints have been feeling pretty damned spiffy since taking that sht on the reg.

[darren.dugan]

Duffin being ridiculous deadlifting 405. Jeez.

[WCbouche]

Animal=great sponsor.

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Glad to hear it.

How much do they pay you to squat to depth? Was that why Oak left?

[Rags85]

How far do you guys stray away from the main lifts when training strictly for strength? I'm not talking rehab or anything like that. I'll do curls when my bicep tendons hurt, etc... I don't care about that.

For example, for squats over the past 2 years the only exercises I've done for strength are low bar squats and pause squats. Hell, I think I warmed up to 135 front squats once, but thats it. Same with bench, I only do bench and close grip. Deadlifts, All I do is conventional and occasionally deficits. I can maybe count the number of sumo sets I ever done on one hand. I'm not strong by any means, but I've done 505/330/600 which isn't too awful. I have volume and intensity progression programmed and follow that, but I just do very little accessories.

I'm just sitting here wondering, overthinking things. I did pull-ups yesterday for the first time in about 2 years and I'm sore as hell now. And the only reason I did it is because it seems everyone likes them. I'm just wondering if I could be making ever more progress. I probably won't even change if you guys say I'm stupid and should only do accessories, because I'm a guy and I'm too stubborn.

Thoughts?

[InspecktaDeck]

How far do you guys stray away from the main lifts when training strictly for strength? I'm not talking rehab or anything like that. I'll do curls when my bicep tendons hurt, etc... I don't care about that.

For example, for squats over the past 2 years the only exercises I've done for strength are low bar squats and pause squats. Hell, I think I warmed up to 135 front squats once, but thats it. Same with bench, I only do bench and close grip. Deadlifts, All I do is conventional and occasionally deficits. I can maybe count the number of sumo sets I ever done on one hand. I'm not strong by any means, but I've done 505/330/600 which isn't too awful. I have volume and intensity progression programmed and follow that, but I just do very little accessories.

I'm just sitting here wondering, overthinking things. I did pull-ups yesterday for the first time in about 2 years and I'm sore as hell now. And the only reason I did it is because it seems everyone likes them. I'm just wondering if I could be making ever more progress. I probably won't even change if you guys say I'm stupid and should only do accessories, because I'm a guy and I'm too stubborn.

Thoughts?

Wait... so you dont do any hypertrophy work outside of the main lifts?

Duffin being ridiculous deadlifting 405. Jeez.

I guess when your a 900lb deadlifter 405 feels pretty light

[martin_mathers]

How far do you guys stray away from the main lifts when training strictly for strength? I'm not talking rehab or anything like that. I'll do curls when my bicep tendons hurt, etc... I don't care about that.

For example, for squats over the past 2 years the only exercises I've done for strength are low bar squats and pause squats. Hell, I think I warmed up to 135 front squats once, but thats it. Same with bench, I only do bench and close grip. Deadlifts, All I do is conventional and occasionally deficits. I can maybe count the number of sumo sets I ever done on one hand. I'm not strong by any means, but I've done 505/330/600 which isn't too awful. I have volume and intensity progression programmed and follow that, but I just do very little accessories.

I'm just sitting here wondering, overthinking things. I did pull-ups yesterday for the first time in about 2 years and I'm sore as hell now. And the only reason I did it is because it seems everyone likes them. I'm just wondering if I could be making ever more progress. I probably won't even change if you guys say I'm stupid and should only do accessories, because I'm a guy and I'm too stubborn.

Thoughts?

I always tell myself: If you have enough energy for assistance exercises after your main lifts, you didn't train the main lifts hard enough. Therefore I always try to do as many working sets as I can until the reps slow down.
However I think assistance exercises are more important for upper body than lower body.

[breathinglife]

A lot of gym bros know Dan Green because in the gym-bro-world he is known as the guy that is lean as fuk and also strong as fuk. When you're strong as fuk but a little fuscular your strength is non-functional and they would rather be aesthetic than having useless strength to impress other males. But when you're lean and strong all of a sudden your strength becomes functional again.

To be honest, another reason is that he has a distinctive look. You can pick him out of a crowd. That's not the case with many PLers. Dan's long hair, minimal beard, jacked and pale look explodes most BB and PL stereotypes, making him really recognizable. Most gym bros will faintly remember his name, but when I describe him, they're like, "OH YEAH, that guy. Yeah, I've seen that guy."

[whitessp]

Did some benching today and decided to slingshot after. Worked up to 315, got one rep and bounced off the safeties, went for a second and got smushed. Hold me fam I'm so weak and now I'm depressed.

[Rags85]

I always tell myself: If you have enough energy for assistance exercises after your main lifts, you didn't train the main lifts hard enough. Therefore I always try to do as many working sets as I can until the reps slow down.
However I think assistance exercises are more important for upper body than lower body.

See, I have a set plan for the day. I don't add sets if I'm feeling good still. However, I'm never feeling good after working sets because I amrap my last set every time.

Wait... so you dont do any hypertrophy work outside of the main lifts?

I recently started doing 4x8 squats once a month. Oh and pizza. I try to get a few reps of that in every so often.

[Aubelift]

Had sciatic nerve pain in my glute and took me out of squatting and deadlifting for 2 years. Had to pretty much do bench only for the longest time, then push-pull, then got back to training all 3 lifts regularly a few months ago. It's still aggravated from time to time but I've learned how to train around it and avoid it as much as I can by adjusting my programming. Totally changed my perspective on training. Used to be one of those guys who would just work up to heavy weights every week because I felt "good". In retrospect, I probably would have avoided the injury if I had hired someone to do my programming. But my ego was too big at the time to even listen to anyone about training.


Animal just keeps pissing people off eh. The Lilliebridges, BOB2, Oak.

Them feels...Am I your skinny twin?

[Jmadden44]

I know it's been forever, but has the Denison/Bell beef been squashed? Or will gangster wraps and compression cuffs automatically earn me a red

[zmcdole]

I know it's been forever, but has the Denison/Bell beef been squashed? Or will gangster wraps and compression cuffs automatically earn me a red

Steve allows them. If they find them to be too long when you check your gear then you won't be able to use them, but other than that you're good.

[samsont]

Hey guys, I'm not dead, if you even remember me.

Moved & found a hardcore as **** gym in my near area, getting back in the game. cool to see so many of you still here posting.

cheers

[McCabesLifts]

Anyone here ever get patella tendonitis, this chit is killing me

[zmcdole]

Anyone here ever get patella tendonitis, this chit is killing me

I have in the past and I'm dealing a slight case of it right now. Two things have helped me the most. A: warm up riding the bike and cool down riding the bike. 5-10 minutes each time and if you do cardio on other days, ride that bike. B: ice that sumbitch. Icing it once after squatting or any other workout that pisses it off will help, but icing it twice after a workout is night and day different for me. I'll ice for 20 minutes then take it off for 30-60 minutes and then ice it again for 20 minutes.

Oh and use Ibuprofen when you have to. I typically only use it when it's really flared up.

[McCabesLifts]

I have in the past and I'm dealing a slight case of it right now. Two things have helped me the most. A: warm up riding the bike and cool down riding the bike. 5-10 minutes each time and if you do cardio on other days, ride that bike. B: ice that sumbitch. Icing it once after squatting or any other workout that pisses it off will help, but icing it twice after a workout is night and day different for me. I'll ice for 20 minutes then take it off for 30-60 minutes and then ice it again for 20 minutes.

Oh and use Ibuprofen when you have to. I typically only use it when it's really flared up.

repped, and I've been icing like hell lol, bike sounds like a good idea, and ibuprofen is from the gods, thanks!

[Aubelift]

repped, and I've been icing like hell lol, bike sounds like a good idea, and ibuprofen is from the gods, thanks!

I've had it in the past for a very long time. From Novevember 2011 to January 2013. It happened because of impacts and high volume training.

What helped me:
-Rest/ice
-Knee sleeves (Can't tell how much of a miracle these were for me)
-Fish oil
-Adapted volume until I got used to high frequency


Never looked back since then and I've been training a lot for powerlifting.

[Jmadden44]

Steve allows them. If they find them to be too long when you check your gear then you won't be able to use them, but other than that you're good.

On spread. I knew there for a min or two he was saying no slingshot gear. The mini's should be fine eh?